Travel: Compact in the Sky

The long-distance commuter, frazzled by
freeway traffic and weary of club-car chatter, has known for some time
that there was a way out of it all. He could buy a helicopter. All it
took was moneyusually about $45,000 of it. In late 1961 Hughes Tool
Co. produced a turbine-powered two-seater model that sold for $22,500,
but few commuters could afford even such a bargain. Last week Hughes
made the sky attainable.

By arrangement with the Commercial Credit Co., Hughes now offers an
easy-payment plan for helicopter buyers, putting them on a par with car
buyers. One automobile dealer, San Francisco's...